In the final week of the 2012 presidential campaign, Barack Obama enjoyed his most positive run of news coverage in months, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. Only during the week of his nominating convention was the treatment in the press more favorable.

Much of that surge in positive coverage, the data suggest, was tied to Obama’s strategic position, including improving opinion polls and electoral math, rather than directly to positive assessments of Obama’s response to Superstorm Sandy. The storm, however, appeared to reduce the amount of attention focused on Mitt Romney and may well have influenced public attitudes about the president.

true..but the conservative, Constitutional basis of this country has to be espoused ,preached and demonstrated to those who are currently clueless… The msm is killing this representative democracy…information is the life’s blood for our citizens.

I thought I would post something satirical about the Media, and it’s love-frenzy with Obama, but then I decided it was not worth the effort. Everyone knows it, and those who don’t have their heads buried in the sand.

Now, as for Thanksgiving weekend, I’m going to give thanks to God for giving us the government we, as a nation, so richly deserve (Can you say self-inflicted wounds?). I will ignore All media inspired activity over the holiday, including any shopping. Small Business Saturday? How about a John Galt Weekend instead?

The media enjoys nearly single digits in the way of approval ratings, There were three public presidential debates that showcased the candidates, the incumbent had a less than 50% approval rating and a record of failure, evidence of cronyism, foreign relations and domestic coverups while the challenger had a squeaky clean reputation, a record of accomplishment and a clear projection on how to restore the economy – – – You with me so far?

With all this in hand, the public went with the community organizer who offered instant gratification while the experienced executive offered a solid path to better time was dismissed.

Just based on the above, all I can say is that we deserve the government we chose.

How many times as a conservative have you had someone who sees themselves as middle of the road say “I didn’t know that?”

The problem is that while many no longer really trust what they hear and read in the media they don’t seek out alternatives on a regular basis. Because of that the heritage media still gets to control the narrative. Even something as obvious as There were lies told about Benghzi is hard to get out to low information voters. In addition, the media has blurred the boundaries with their entertainment programing. From comedians to sportscasters to sitcoms both Obamaworship and the Republicans are stupid racist sexist homophobes meme is pounded on daily.

I don’t have any answers but I do know one huge problem in the last two campaigns has been the unwillingness of the media advisers around the candidate both to challenge the press directly on their biases and to come up with advertising strategies to reach low information voters who pick up their information from smarmy comics.

The psychology of this is quite simple (yes, I have a degree in psychology, no I do not have data from studies), the more you show someone/something in a positive light the more people will like and accept it. The more you show it in a negative light, the more people will not like it and reject it.

Conservatives have no control over how the likes of NBC, CBS, the BBC, the NYT, etc., tell “the news”. The MSM (and Hollywood) will continue to feed the public positive images of liberalism and negative images of conservatism, and you’re average everyday relatively uninformed person will continue to reflexively defend liberals and dislike conservatives.

One thing we can do is point out this fact in hopes that people realize how they are being manipulated.

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